§ 1676. Definitions. As used or referred to in this title, unless a different meaning appears from the context,

Terms Used In N.Y. Public Authorities Law 1676

  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.

1. The term "authority" shall mean the corporation created by section sixteen hundred seventy-seven of this chapter;

2. The term "dormitory" shall mean any of the following: (a) a housing unit, including an emergency temporary dormitory constructed pursuant to section sixteen hundred seventy-nine of this title, or any other emergency temporary housing operated by the authority, including all necessary and usual attendant and related facilities and equipment, acquired, designed, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated and improved, or otherwise provided under the jurisdiction of the dormitory authority for the use of students at a state-operated institution or statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of the State University of New York, as defined in § 350 of the education law.

(b) It shall also include a housing unit for the use of students, married students, faculty, staff and the families of such married students, faculty and staff, an academic building, administration building, library, laboratory, classroom, health facility or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful in the academic, cultural, health or research program, including all necessary and usual attendant and related facilities and equipment at any institution for higher education located in this state and authorized to confer degrees by law or by the board of regents, other than a state-operated institution or statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of the State University of New York, as defined in § 350 of the education law, or at any non-profit institution or hospital at which the training of nurses is provided by a program approved by the department of education of the state of New York, or for New York Academy of Sciences, or for any of the following:

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Incorporated.

Center for the Arts at Ithaca, Incorporated.

Affiliated Colleges and Universities, Inc.

Brookdale Hospital Center.

Albany Medical Center Hospital.

St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York.

Mount Vernon Hospital.

New York Medical College of New York, Incorporated.

Cortland Memorial Hospital.

Highland Hospital of Rochester, Incorporated.

Onondaga County Historical Museum.

Columbia Memorial Hospital.

St. Peter's Hospital of the city of Albany.

The department of health of the state of New York.

Beekman-Downtown Hospital.

Geneva General Hospital.

Optometric Center of New York.

Brookhaven Memorial Association, Incorporated, doing business as the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital.

Calvary Hospital, Inc.

Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center.

The Saratoga Hospital.

Booth Memorial Medical Center, Queens, New York.

Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

The improvement and modernization of the Dazian, Silver, Karpas and Linsky buildings of the Beth Israel Medical Center and the vertical expansion above the said Silver Building located between East sixteenth and East seventeenth streets and between First Avenue and Nathan D. Perlman Place in New York city; nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize the said Beth Israel Medical Center to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this title toward the development of any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.

Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc.

St. Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie.

The Staten Island Hospital.

Carthage Area Hospital, Inc.

Mount Sinai Hospital.

Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center.

Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Incorporated.

The Clifton Springs Sanitarium Company.

Children's Hospital of Buffalo.

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center.

General Hospital of Saranac Lake.

The Church Charity Foundation of Long Island.

Buffalo General Hospital.

Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Misericordia Hospital Medical Center.

Samaritan Hospital of Brooklyn.

Benedictine Hospital.

The Society of the Home for Incurables.

The White Plains Hospital Association.

The Cornwall Hospital.

Memorial Hospital, Albany, New York.

The Rochester General Hospital.

Our Lady of Victory Hospital of Lackawanna.

Mercy Hospital Association.

The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, Inc.

Charles S. Wilson Memorial Hospital.

Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Society.

Retirement Home of Central New York Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc.

The Trustees of the Jones Fund for the Support of the Poor.

St. Mary's Hospital of Troy.

The Roosevelt Hospital in relation to the Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center on a site known as 516 West 59th Street and the Arthur J. Antenucci Research Building on a site known as 432 West 58th Street in New York City, nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize the said Roosevelt Hospital to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this title toward the development of any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.

Queens Hospital Center of the borough of Queens, city of New York.

Franklin General Hospital.

St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond.

Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center.

Eastman Dental Center.

United Hospital.

The Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance (B.E.C.A.) when and if incorporated by the Board of Regents of the University of the state of New York.

St. Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam.

The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

The Village Nursing Home, Inc. for the acquisition, improvement and modernization of the Village Nursing Home, located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Twelfth Street and Hudson Street on a site known as 607 Hudson Street in New York City; nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize the said Village Nursing Home, Inc. to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this title toward the development of any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.

The Elizabeth A. Horton Memorial Hospital.

The Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.

Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn.

Maimonides Medical Center.

Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn.

The Faxton Hospital in the city of Utica.

Lawrence Hospital.

The New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center.

Putnam Community Hospital.

New York Blood Center, Inc.

South Nassau Communities Hospital, in Oceanside, New York.

St. Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers, New York.

St. Elizabeth's Hospital at Utica.

Arden Hill Hospital, Goshen, New York

St. Luke's Hospital of Newburgh, New York.

Vassar Brothers Hospital

The Nyack Hospital, North Midland Avenue, Nyack, New York.

Yonkers General Hospital.

Nassau Hospital, Mineola, Long Island, New York.

Sheehan Memorial Emergency Hospital, Buffalo.

Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip, New York.

The Community Hospital at Glen Cove.

Flushing Hospital and Medical Center.

St. John's Riverside Hospital at Yonkers.

Jamaica Hospital of Jamaica, New York

Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, New York.

The Moses Ludington Hospital.

Society of New York Hospital.

Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc.

Dobbs Ferry Hospital, Dobbs Ferry, New York.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in relation to any construction within the area bounded by the perimeter and elevation described by the plans for the museum building and the new wings and courts contained in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Master Plan Report dated July fifteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-one prepared for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs of the city of New York.

New York state teachers' retirement system.

F.I.T. student housing corporation.

Community Memorial Hospital, Inc., Hamilton, New York.

The College Entrance Examination Board.

Museum of American Folk Art.

The Human Resources Center.

The Museums at Stony Brook.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Associated Universities, Inc.

New York Zoological Society

International House, Inc.

YM and YWHA of Mid-Westchester of the Associated YM-YWHA's of Greater New York.

The New York Foundling Charitable Corporation located on the southeast corner of the intersection of the Avenue of the Americas, formerly Sixth Avenue, and Seventeenth Street on a site known as 578-590 Avenue of the Americas in New York City; nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize the said New York Foundling Charitable Corporation to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this title toward the development of any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or may own or control in the future.

New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Albany County Chapter for the financing, construction and development of a day programming facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Albany county to replace the existing day programming facility now operated by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Albany County Chapter at 155 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York.

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

Association for the Help of Retarded Children, Suffolk Chapter, for the financing, construction and development of a seventy-five thousand square foot adult training and treatment center for the severely developmentally disabled on five acres of agency owned land located on Scouting Blvd. (formerly Industrial Blvd.), West Yaphank, N.Y.

United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County, Inc., for the construction of a forty-six thousand square foot program services building at Lake Road and Tuytenbridge Road in the Town of Ulster, Ulster County.

Hillside Children's Center for the financing, construction, and equipping of a residential facility and an educational facility for children with handicapping conditions, as such term is defined in subdivision one of § 4401 of the education law, on County House Road in the town of Sennett, county of Cayuga, New York; and for the upgrading of the facilities and equipment owned and controlled by the Hillside Children's Center, located at 1183 Monroe Avenue in the city of Rochester, county of Monroe, New York.

United Way of Tri-State, Inc. for the acquisition and improvement of office space and related facilities in New York county for use by the following entities: United Way of Tri-State, United Way of New York City, Greater New York Fund/United Way, and the United Way of America, Northeast Regional Office.

New Dimensions in Living, Inc., as a real estate holding company operated in conjunction with the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Montgomery County Chapter, for the financing, construction and development of a thirty-five thousand square foot day treatment facility on land owned by New Dimensions in Living, Inc. on Route 5-S in Amsterdam to replace an existing day treatment facility in the former Tribes Hill School.

Associated Residential Centers, Inc., as a real estate holding company operated in conjunction with the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. Rensselaer County Chapter, for the financing, construction and development of a twenty-one thousand square foot day treatment facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Rensselaer county to replace existing day treatment facilities now operated by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Rensselaer County Chapter in Pittstown and North Greenbush, New York.

New York Society for the Deaf for the financing, construction and development of a six-story expansion of residential facilities for the deaf and deaf-blind at Tanya Towers located at 620 East 13 Street, New York city.

The Devereux Foundation for the financing, construction and equipping of facilities subject to the approval of the commissioner of education, the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities for a residential and educational program for children with handicapping conditions, as such term is defined in subdivision one of § 4401 of the education law, including, but not limited to, those students who were publicly placed at the Rhinebeck Country School during the nineteen hundred eighty-six–eighty-seven school year and in furtherance of the state's overall goal of reducing the number of children with handicapping conditions requiring out-of-state placements: nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to authorize The Devereux Foundation to apply any funds or credit obtained pursuant to this section toward the financing, construction or equipping of facilities on any other property or properties it presently owns or controls or owns or controls in the future.

New Hope Community, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, construction and development of residences for adults with a developmental disability on forty acres of land purchased from Leon and Dave Scharf, d.b.a. New Hope Rehabilitation Center, located on State Route 52 in the Town of Fallsburg, to replace existing residential facilities operated by New Hope Rehabilitation Center.

For the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation of or otherwise provided for United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, Inc., for (1) an intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled at Avenue S and Lake Street, Brooklyn; (2) a pre-school program service facility at Mason and Seaview Avenues, Staten Island; (3) a children and adult program service facility at Stillwell Avenue, Bronx; (4) a children and adult program service facility at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; (5) a pre-school program service building at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; (6) an adult program service building at Port Richmond Avenue, Staten Island; (7) children's program services building at Lawrence Avenue, Brooklyn; and for the leasehold improvements to Manhattan and adult programs services sites.

Special act school districts listed in chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended.

State-supported schools for the instruction of deaf and blind students and children with other handicapping conditions pursuant to Article eighty-five of the education law and chapter one thousand sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-four.

Westchester School for Special Children, Westchester county, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for a new school building, provided that the location within Westchester County is designated and bonds are issued on or before July first, two thousand eight.

Guided Growth, Inc. of Hawthorne, Westchester county, for the financing, construction and development of a new school building and attendant facilities to be located at five Bradhurst Avenue, Hawthorne, Westchester county.

Saint Christopher-Ottilie, Nassau County, for the renovation and expansion of its Ottilie Campus Residential Treatment Facility on one hundred forty-eighth street in Jamaica, County of Queens.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, construction and renovation of such center's existing buildings at 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, New York, 10301, into residences for artists.

The education department of the state of New York, including the New York state school for the blind, the New York state school for the deaf, and schools established by the commissioner of education pursuant to § 4101 of the education law, for facilities owned, operated by, or provided by the state for the use of, the education department of the state of New York, including, but not limited to, the premises commonly known as the state education building, located at 89 Washington Avenue in the city of Albany, New York, the New York state school for the blind, located at Richmond Avenue in the city of Batavia, New York, the New York state school for the deaf, located at 401 Turin Street in the city of Rome, New York, schools established by the commissioner of education pursuant to the provisions of subdivision one of § 4101 of the education law, and the premises commonly known as the cultural education center located in the empire state plaza in the city of Albany, New York, and attendant and related facilities.

The National Center for the Study of Wilson's Disease, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation for the financing, construction and equipping of replacement laboratories, offices and clinical out-patient facilities for the center at the Antenucci Institute of the Roosevelt St. Luke's Hospital, 432 W. 58th Street, New York, New York, 10019; provided that the location is designated and bonds are issued on or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-two.

Vesta Community Housing Development Board, Inc. of Altamont for the financing, construction and equipping of facilities for persons recovering from an addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.

The Utica College Foundation, for the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of student dormitory and academic facilities at its Utica campus, including Burrstone House to serve as a dormitory for students residing at the college; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of such issuance of bonds shall not exceed thirty-five million dollars.

Gateway Youth and Family Services for the financing, construction and development of new facilities for a diagnostic and evaluation program and a pre-independent living program, and to expand existing facilities in a special education school on real property located on Main Street, Williamsville, county of Erie.

Orleans County Chapter-New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. for the financing, construction and development, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Orleans county to replace the existing preschool facility now operated by the Orleans County Chapter-New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc. at 151 Platt Street, Albion, N.Y. 14411.

New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Westchester County Chapter for the financing, construction and development, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Westchester county to replace the existing preschool facilities now operated by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc., Westchester County Chapter at 12 Green Street, Mt. Kisco, New York and 50 Washington Avenue, New Rochelle, New York.

New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc.-Livingston-Wyoming County Chapter for the financing, acquisition and rehabilitation, of a preschool facility and necessary ancillary and related facilities in Livingston county to expand existing preschool facilities now operated by the New York State Association for Retarded Children, Inc.-Livingston-Wyoming County Chapter located at 18 Main Street, Mount Morris, N.Y. 14510.

Orange County Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc. for the improvement of its headquarters facilities on Fletcher Street in the village of Goshen.

New York Association for the Learning Disabled, Capital District Chapter, Inc., renamed Wildwood Programs, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for Wildwood Programs, Inc.

AMDA INC./The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, for the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of a dormitory for students residing at the academy and an academic facility.

Private not-for-profit schools.

For the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation of or otherwise provide for United Cerebral Palsy of Westchester County, Inc., for (1) a twelve bed intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled and (2) for expansion of the day program service facility at Rye Brook, New York.

Hospice, Buffalo, for the financing, construction and development of new and renovated facilities for the care and treatment of terminally ill individuals.

The National Sports Academy at Lake Placid, for the financing, refinancing, reimbursement and development of a dormitory for students residing at the academy and an academic facility.

Ferncliff Manor as a not-for-profit residential school serving children who are severely mentally disabled and medically involved, who will also on a not-for-profit basis operate an intermediate care facility, for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation and development of five twelve bed dormitories in Westchester County for such children.

The Leake and Watts Children's Home (Incorporated), Yonkers, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation or otherwise for (1) a new school building for the junior high and high school vocational programs including a field house; (2) a new children's cottage and renovation and reconstruction of eight existing children's cottages to provide more efficient heating and cooling systems, more secure supervision and to increase the number of beds; (3) renovation and reconstruction of the main building to provide new electrical and plumbing systems and internal rehabilitation; and (4) renovation and reconstruction of the old school building for multiple use.

Oxford University and the Oxford University Press, Incorporated; or either of them for the financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and rehabilitation of facilities to be located in the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York.

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth, Canaan, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise providing for a dining facility on the existing campus of Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth in Canaan, New York.

A public library.

South Street Seaport Museum, Inc.

United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Capital District, Inc., for the financing, construction, reimbursement, and development of residences and program facilities on lands owned by the Center, at locations within Albany county.

Phoenix House Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of facilities, excluding general hospitals as defined in Article 28 of the public health law, located in the county of New York, or at sites owned, leased or operated by Phoenix House at the following locations: 34-01, 34-11 and 34-25 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, New York; 480 East 185th Street and 2329 Bassford Avenue, Bronx, New York; 43-44 and 46-50 Jay Street, Brooklyn, New York; and Shrub Oak, Westchester county, New York; for the provision of drug abuse prevention and treatment, medical, psychiatric and clinic services, remedial education, secondary education, vocational training and recreational facilities for adolescent and adult substance and polysubstance abusers, mentally ill chemical abusers, and their families, and related administrative and support services.

Irish American Heritage Museum, a not-for-profit corporation, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, design, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, furnishing or otherwise providing for facilities within the city of Albany, New York.

The Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, Inc. a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, refinancing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, rehabilitation of, furnishing, equipping and otherwise providing for buildings to serve as dormitories for students enrolled in various professional or post-secondary educational institutions.

The Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center of Long Island, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, furnishing, equipping, improvement, renovation or otherwise providing for facilities to serve the aged, disabled and chronically impaired persons.

Staten Island Institute of Arts & Sciences.

The DePaul Group, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative and residential facilities, to be located in the state of New York.

The Roswell Park Cancer Institute corporation and its subsidiary corporations.

University Heights Association, Inc.

Little Flower Children's Services of New York, Brooklyn, New York for the financing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise providing for four residential facilities for learning disabled children.

The department of audit and control of the state of New York.

The New York state and local employees' retirement system.

The New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

The office of general services of the state of New York.

Public school districts receiving aid for the financing of eligible school construction projects for rebuilding schools to uphold education (RESCUE).

Harlem Dowling-West Side Center for Children and Family Services, a not-for-profit corporation for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, furnishing, equipping, improvement, renovation or otherwise providing for facilities to serve and assist children and their families in crisis and distress.

Yeshiva Beis Leivy.

Roberson Memorial, Inc., doing business as Roberson Museum and Science Center.

* Not-for-profit members of the New York State Rehabilitation Association and the New York Alliance for Inclusion and Innovation and any successor in interest to any such organization, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative, residential, clinical, day programming, job training and workforce development facilities to be located in the state of New York.

* NB Repealed December 31, 2028

* NYSARC, Inc. for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of clinical, day programming and residential facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities throughout the state.

* NB Repealed December 31, 2028

Educational Housing Services Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of housing for students and/or faculty at institutions of higher education located within the five boroughs of the city of New York and Westchester county either by directly or by creation of a wholly-owned not-for-profit subsidiary corporation or controlled corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships, that are not subject to federal income taxation (except with respect to any unrelated business income).

* Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of facilities to serve aged, disabled, and chronically impaired, and persons who have a developmental disability.

* NB Repealed December 31, 2028

United States Military Academy for the purpose of providing construction related services in connection with the construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development or expansion of facilities owned by the United States Military Academy located at West Point, New York.

The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, a not-for-profit corporation located in Sands Point, New York, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of facilities.

The Green Chimneys Children's Services, Inc., Brewster, New York for the financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, equipping or otherwise for new children's cottages.

The state university construction fund or any other public or private entity in connection with financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, a pharmaceutical research, development, which may also include a manufacturing facility at the state university of New York college of technology at Farmingdale. The authority shall exercise only those powers or duties set forth in this section as shall be set forth in an agreement by and between the state university construction fund, the authority and any such public or private entity.

MSMC realty corporation, a support organization of the Mount Sinai hospital, Mount Sinai school of medicine of the city university of New York and the Mount Sinai medical center, inc. (collectively, "Mount Sinai"), for the purpose of providing facilities and equipment for Mount Sinai. As used in this paragraph and for purposes of chapter five hundred fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-nine, MSMC Realty Corporation shall be deemed to include any other entity that is created by MSMC Realty Corporation or Mount Sinai for the purpose of entering into an agreement with the dormitory authority pursuant to this paragraph.

The state university construction fund or any other public or private entity in connection with financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for approved university-related economic development facilities authorized by § 372-a of the education law. The authority shall exercise only those powers or duties set forth in this section as shall be set forth in an agreement by and between the state university construction fund, the authority and any such public or private entity.

The Capital District YMCA and related branches, administrative offices and satellite facilities located in New York state including: Albany YMCA, Camp Chingachgook, Guilderland YMCA, Parkside Family YMCA, Schenectady YMCA, Southern Saratoga YMCA, Troy Family YMCA and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

UCPA of the Capital District, Inc., UCPA of Cayuga County, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children's Association of Chemung County, Inc., Finger Lakes United Cerebral Palsy, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Associations of Fulton and Montgomery Counties, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Tri-Counties, Inc., Franziska Racker Centers, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Niagara County, Inc., Orange County Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of Queens, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Rochester Area, Inc., Jawonio, Inc., The Handicapped Children's Association of Southern New York, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Suffolk, Inc., SDTC – The Center for Discovery, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Children's Association of Syracuse, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County Inc., United Cerebral Palsy and Handicapped Person's Association of the Utica Area, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester, Inc. and Unified Creative Programs, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Western New York, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of Putnam and Southern Dutchess Counties, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, Inc., United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, Inc., any not-for-profit affiliates or members of Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, Inc., and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities throughout the state of New York, including educational, residential, administrative, clinical, and day programming facilities used in the provision of services to individuals with disabilities.

The university at Albany foundation, or an associated not-for-profit corporation controlled by the university at Albany foundation which has been formed or is formed within one year of the effective date of this paragraph, for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for a facility to serve as an incubator and research facility located at the east campus of the university at Albany; and Fuller road management corporation, for the purpose of financing or refinancing the design, construction, improvement, furnishing and equipping of incubator and research facilities at the center for environmental sciences and technology management.

Baker Hall, Lackawanna, New York for the financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and improvement for facilities in Lackawanna, New York.

The Abyssinian Cultural Building Corporation, a New York not-for-profit corporation, with respect to the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing, purchasing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, an educational facility for the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change to be leased to the New York city school construction authority or to the board of education of the city school district of the city of New York for school purposes.

Any school district in the state with respect to the financing or refinancing of all or a portion of school district capital facilities and school district capital equipment for such school districts, provided, however, that financing of such projects shall be limited to financing of projects eligible for an apportionment pursuant to subparagraph three of paragraph e of subdivision six of § 3602 of the education law.

A qualified zone academy located in a city having one hundred twenty-five thousand or more inhabitants for the purpose of issuing qualified zone academy bonds in accordance with section 1397E of the internal revenue code, as the same may be amended.

The NDC housing and economic development corporation and its affiliates for the financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, renovation, rehabilitation, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for one building to be located at 160 East 24th Street, New York, N.Y. to serve as a dormitory for students attending institutions of higher education within the city of New York.

School Districts having Eligible School District Projects

Political subdivisions financing eligible wireless 911 capital equipment.

Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks.

Women's Interart Center, Inc. of New York City, for the acquisitions, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for the Interart Rehearsal Studio and Cultural Center Complex located at 543-551 West 52nd Street in the Clinton Urban Renewal area of Manhattan.

The Center for Jewish History, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities as a centralized location for preserving and advancing scholarship, art, history, and culture through its archival collection, in a one hundred twenty thousand square foot facility located at 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan.

The Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping or otherwise providing for a professional creative residence and performance facility on one hundred fifty-three rural acres in Tivoli, New York.

Eyebeam Atelier, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for facilities devoted to the collaboration of art and technology in New York state and the construction of a new ninety thousand square foot building located in the Chelsea area of New York city.

Youth Environmental Services, d/b/a Yes Community Counseling, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping or otherwise providing for the purchase of a building for such not-for-profit group located in Massapequa, New York.

The New York military academy, an education corporation chartered by the board of regents located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of facilities.

Preventive Medicine Institute, doing business as Strang Cancer Prevention Center.

Any residential institution for children as defined in subdivision forty-four of this section for the financing, refinancing, design, replacement (including acquisition and construction), reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, renovation, and equipping of existing residential facilities.

The Museum of African American Cinema, Inc., a New York not-for-profit educational corporation created by a provisional charter from the board of regents of the state university of New York, with respect to the financing, refinancing, acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, otherwise providing for facilities as a centralized location for preserving and advancing scholarship, art, history, and culture through its archival collection, in a building located in Harlem, New York city.

34th Street Cancer Center, Inc., with respect to the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, purchasing and equipping of a certain building located at 160 East 34th Street, New York, New York, for use as a cancer center.

The Beacon Institute, Inc., a domestic not-for-profit corporation formerly known as the Rivers and Estuaries Center on the Hudson, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing and equipping or otherwise providing for facilities for conducting a program of research and education that advances the understanding of rivers and estuaries and develops policies and practices that benefit the human and natural communities that depend upon these ecosystems, located at Beacon Harbor and Denning's Point in Beacon, New York, The Upper Hudson Research Center at Troy, located at the waterfront in Troy, New York and the Center for Tributary Study, located at Creek Road in Beacon, New York, and the Old Main Building at Clarkson University located in Potsdam, New York.

The Rochester school construction board for the financing of projects authorized pursuant to the city of Rochester and the board of education of the city school district of the city of Rochester school facilities modernization program act.

Albany Convention Center Authority

The YMCA of Greater Syracuse and related branches, administrative offices and satellite facilities located in New York state including: Downtown YMCA, East Area YMCA, North Area YMCA, Northwest YMCA, Camp Iroquois and any successor in interest to any such organization for the financing and/or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

The United States Maritime Resource Center for the purpose of financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, expansion and equipping of a facility to serve as a classroom and student residence building in support of professional education and training programs to be located on the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy located in Kings Point, New York.

Not-for-profit members of the Alliance of Long Island Agencies, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative, clinical, day program and residential facilities to be located in the state of New York.

Fordham Preparatory School, Inc., for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for construction of additional educational facilities located on Fordham University Rose Hill Campus, the Bronx, New York.

The Reece School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, additional floors or facilities for education and therapy at their facility located at twenty-five East One Hundred Fourth Street in the city of New York, to serve as a school for special education students; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed thirty-five million dollars. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Reece School shall have full power and authority to assign and pledge to the dormitory authority, any and all public funds to be apportioned or otherwise made payable by the United States, any agency thereof, the state, any agency thereof, a political subdivision, as defined in § 100 of the general municipal law, any social services district in the state or any other governmental entity in an amount sufficient to make all payments required to be made by the Reece School to any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into between the Reece School and the dormitory authority. All state and local officers are hereby authorized and required to pay all such funds so assigned and pledged to the dormitory authority or, upon the direction of the dormitory authority, to any trustee of any dormitory authority bond or note issued, pursuant to a certificate filed with any such state or local officer by the dormitory authority pursuant to the provisions of this section.

Friends Academy, Glen Cove, Nassau County, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the complete renovation of the lower school located on the campus at Glen Cove, Nassau County, provided however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed six million five hundred thousand dollars.

Not-for-profit members of InterAgency Council of Developmental Disabilities Agencies, Inc., for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion and equipping of certain educational, administrative, clinical, day program and residential facilities to be located in the state of New York.

Broad Channel Volunteers, Inc. doing business as Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps for the purpose of providing construction related services in connection with the construction, reconstruction, improvement, renovation, development or expansion of facilities owned by Broad Channel Volunteers, Inc. doing business as Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Corps located at 305 Crossbay Boulevard, County of Queens, block 15304, lot 450, New York 11693.

The Convent of the Sacred Heart School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the Convent of the Sacred Heart School at their facility located at: 406 East 91st Street in the city of New York, to serve as a school for students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed fifty-five million dollars.

Mercy Flight, Inc., of Western New York, for the financing and/or refinancing of equipment or the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

The Trevor Day School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the Trevor Day School at their facility located at 312-318 East 95th Street in the city of New York, to serve as a school for students in grades seven through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed seventy-five million dollars.

Richardson Center Corporation.

Williamsburg Infant & Early Childhood Development Center, Inc. at 22 Middleton Street, Brooklyn, New York.

Randolph Academy union free school district for the financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and improvement for facilities located in Erie county, New York.

Medical Missions for Children, Inc.

Primary Care Development Corporation for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, development, improvement, expansion, and equipping of facilities offering primary health care services and related ambulatory care and ancillary services in the state of New York.

Poly Prep Country Day School, for the refinancing of outstanding indebtedness, the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of, the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, the Poly Prep Country Day School at its facilities located at 9216 Seventh Avenue and/or 50 Prospect Park West in Brooklyn, New York, to serve as a school for students in grades Nursery through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed fifteen million dollars.

St. Andrew's Foundation, the Scottish Society of Hudson's Valley, Ltd., a not-for-profit corporation, for the acquisition, financing, refinancing, design, construction, improvement, renovation, equipping, furnishing or otherwise providing for facilities within the Hudson Valley.

Xavier High School, for the financing or refinancing, or reimbursement of the costs of the aquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for, Xavier High School at its facility located at 30 West 16th Street in the city of New York, to serve as a school for students in grades nine through twelve; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of any bonds issued for such purpose shall not exceed fifty-five million dollars.

Mercy Flight Central, Inc., of Central New York, for the financing and/or refinancing of equipment or the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

Young Men's Christian Association-Women's Community Center of Rome, New York Incorporated, for the financing and/or refinancing of equipment or the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

Dancewave, Inc., for the financing, acquisition, construction, development, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

Summit Educational Resources, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, for the acquisition, financing and/or refinancing, design, construction, renovation, reconstruction, development, improvement, furnishing, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

An authorized agency as defined by subdivision ten of § 371 of the social services law, or a local probation department as defined by sections two hundred fifty-five and two hundred fifty-six of the executive law for the provision of detention facilities certified by the office of children and family services or by such office in conjunction with the state commission of correction or for the provision of residential facilities licensed by the office of children and family services including all necessary and usual attendant and related facilities and equipment.

The office of children and family services of the state of New York.

North Country School, Lake Placid, New York, for the acquisition, financing and/or refinancing, design, construction, renovation, reconstruction, development, improvement, furnishing, expansion and/or equipping of a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities.

New York Military Academy

Any not-for-profit corporation formed pursuant to an inter-municipal agreement among two or more counties within this state to assist said counties in acquiring, financing, constructing, reconstructing, remodeling, enlarging, altering, repairing, operating, managing, leasing, selling or otherwise disposing of a joint county detention facility established in accordance with § 218-a of the county law.

The New York Racing Association, Inc. for capital projects.

The New York Academy of Medicine.

The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association (dba 92nd Street Y)

Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, a not-for-profit corporation, for the design, acquisition, financing, refinancing, construction, reconstruction, renovation, rehabilitation, development, improvement, expansion, furnishing, equipping or otherwise providing for a facility and/or facilities, including any necessary or ancillary facilities, for the purpose of conducting scientific research or conducting testing for public health in the city of Utica.

Mary Cariola Children's Center, Inc.

Sandy Ground Historical Museum at 1538 Woodrow Road, Staten Island, New York for the restoration or replacement of the museum building located at such address.

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the private debt or equity fund in which the state or any state agency, public authority or public benefit corporation, or division thereof, has invested and is selected pursuant to subdivision thirty-two of section one thousand six hundred seventy-eight of this title to the extent authorized in subdivision thirty of such section.

(c) It shall also include, a laboratory, which may include academic facilities, together with all necessary and usual attendant and related facilities and equipment, erected for rental to the state of New York or the government of the United States of America for research, laboratory or other related operations at any institution for higher education located in this state, and authorized to confer degrees by law or by the board of regents, other than a state-operated institution or statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of the State University of New York, as defined in § 350 of the education law.

(d) It shall also include, a board of cooperative educational services school facility, any building, library, laboratory, classroom or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful for instruction in a program of any board of cooperative educational services and located in the state of New York.

(e) It shall also include, facilities, which may include a combined occupancy or multi-use building or portion thereof, for the Gananda educational facilities corporation, a not-for-profit corporation, and used in whole or in part by the Gananda school district pursuant to a lease or other agreement entered into under the provisions of chapter nine hundred twenty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred seventy-two, as amended.

(f) It shall also include, a facility for the aged.

(g) It shall also include a child care facilities development project.

(h) It shall also include equipment, intellectual property or other intangible property, including information technology and software, eligible for tax-exempt financing under the United States internal revenue code.

3. The term "bond" shall mean bonds or notes issued by the authority pursuant to this title;

5. The term "board" shall mean the members of the authority.

6. The term "facility for the aged" shall mean any real property, building, unit within a building, or any structure on or improvement to real property of any kind or description essential, necessary or useful in a program to provide facilities for the aged, including all usual attendant and related facilities, fixtures, equipment and connections for utility services or any combinations thereof, acquired, designed, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated and improved, or otherwise provided by the dormitory authority for persons sixty years of age or older, and any other person who is the spouse of and resides with a person sixty years of age or older.

7. The term "locally sponsored community college" shall mean a college established and administered pursuant to Article one hundred twenty-six of the education law;

8. The term "city university" shall mean the city university of New York, comprised of the senior colleges and community colleges governed and administered by the board of higher education in the city of New York pursuant to Article one hundred twenty-five of the education law;

9. The term "facility", when used with respect to a locally sponsored community college, shall mean a dormitory as defined in subdivision two (b) of this section.

10. The term "federally guaranteed security" means any security, investment or evidence of indebtedness which is issued pursuant to the national housing act or any successor provision of law, each as amended from time to time, and which is either, directly or indirectly, insured or guaranteed, in whole as to the repayment of principal and interest by the United States of America or any instrumentality thereof.

11. The term "federally insured mortgage note" means any loan secured by a mortgage for any hospital or health care institution facility which is either, directly or indirectly, insured or guaranteed, in whole or in part, as to the repayment of principal and interest by the United States of America or an instrumentality thereof, or any commitment by the United States of America or an instrumentality thereof to so insure or guarantee such a loan secured by a mortgage.

12. The term "direct loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to a student or the parents of a student or both for the purpose of financing the cost of attendance by the student at a public institution for higher education located in this state, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree, which is serviced and administered by a financial institution, the New York state higher education services corporation or other qualified loan origination and servicing organization pursuant to the supplemental higher education loan financing program authorized by section sixteen hundred seventy-nine of this title.

13. The term "education loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to an independent institution for higher education located in this state, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree pursuant to the supplemental higher education loan financing program authorized by section sixteen hundred seventy-nine of this title.

14. The term "student loan" shall mean a loan by an independent institution for higher education located in this state, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree to a student or the parents of a student or both for the purpose of financing the cost of attendance by the student at such institution pursuant to the supplemental higher education loan financing program authorized by section sixteen hundred seventy-nine of this title.

15. The term "cost of attendance" shall mean, for the period for which the loan is sought, the tuition and fees applicable to the student, together with the estimate of the institution for higher education of other expenses reasonably related to attendance at such institution, including, but not limited to, the cost of room and board, reasonable commuting costs and costs for books, and, in the case of a student who receives or has received a HEAL direct loan or a HEAL student loan, the amount of the insurance premium and the interest due and payable on any such loan.

16. The term "borrower" shall mean a student or a parent who has received or agreed to pay a student loan or a direct loan.

17. The term "student loan series portfolio" shall mean student loans made by a specific institution for higher education which are funded from the proceeds of an education loan to such institution out of the proceeds of a related specific bond issue through the authority or which is purchased, acquired or taken by assignment or otherwise by the authority.

18. The term "student" shall mean any full-time or half-time student, as such terms are defined by the commissioner of education, enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student in a public or independent institution for higher education located in this state, recognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree.

19. The term "parent" shall mean one or both of the birth parents, step-parents or adoptive parents or the spouse of an adoptive parent or the legal guardian or guardians of a student.

20. The term "HEAL direct loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to a student for the purpose of financing the cost of attendance by the student at a public or independent institution for higher education located in this state where such loan is insured by the United States of America pursuant to title IV, part C, of the "Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976", as now or hereafter amended, with respect to the health education assistance loan program authorized thereunder.

21. The term "HEAL education loan" shall mean a loan by the authority to an independent institution for higher education located in this state, which is designated as a HEAL school pursuant to title IV, part C, of the "Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976", as now or hereafter amended with respect to the health education assistance program authorized thereunder.

22. The term "HEAL student loan" shall mean a loan by an independent institution for higher education in this state, to a student for the purpose of financing the cost of attendance by the student at such institution which is insured by the United States of America pursuant to title IV, part C, of the "Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976", as now or hereafter amended, with respect to the health education assistance loan program authorized thereunder.

23. The term "HEAL student loan series portfolio" shall mean HEAL student loans made by a specific institution for higher education which are funded from the proceeds of a HEAL education loan to such institution out of the proceeds of a related specific bond issue through the authority or which is purchased, acquired or taken by assignment or otherwise by the authority.

24. The term "judicial facilities" means facilities, in any county, within the tenth judicial district, that does not contain a city, designed for the use of the judiciary, including without limitation, civil and criminal courts, administrative tribunals and government offices and facilities for the administration of justice, and all necessary and usual attendant and related facilities and equipment and the acquisition of land necessary therefor.

25. The term "court facilities" shall mean facilities suitable and sufficient for the transaction of business by the state-paid courts and court-related agencies of the unified court system and the judicial and nonjudicial personnel thereof, including rooms and accommodations for the courts of the unified court system, the judges, justices and the clerical, administrative and other personnel thereof, law libraries, conference rooms or centers, facilities for the temporary detention of persons in connection with appearance or production in court when the court is in session, any other necessary or desirable facilities incidental to the operation or administration of the unified court system, fixtures, furnishings or equipment in connection therewith and buildings and improvements used for the foregoing.

26. The term "participating municipality" means a political subdivision of the state identified in paragraph (a) of subdivision two of § 39 of the judiciary law.

27. The term "combined occupancy structure" shall mean any building or other improvement on real property or an interest therein, containing both court facilities and facilities intended to be used for purposes not directly or indirectly related to the court facilities and occupied by one or more public officials, public bodies or not-for-profit corporations, together with any other necessary or desirable facilities incidental to such purposes. Not more than forty-nine percent of a combined occupancy structure shall be used for purposes unrelated to the function of the court facilities therein.

28. The term "state university educational facility" shall mean an academic building, administrative building, housing unit for the use of faculty and staff and the families of such faculty and staff who are living with such faculty or staff, library, laboratory, classroom, lecture hall, health facility, or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful in the academic, cultural, health or research program, including all necessary and attendant and related facilities and equipment, at any state-operated institution or statutory or contract college under the jurisdiction of the state university of New York, as defined in § 350 of the education law.

29. The term "state university athletic facility" shall mean an athletic facility which includes an outdoor stadium for athletic competitions at the state university of New York at Buffalo. Such facility shall not be considered for any purpose to be a state university educational facility within the meaning of this chapter; nor shall any bonds issued in connection with a state university athletic facility be considered for any purpose to have been issued in connection with a state university educational facility.

30. The term "private not-for-profit schools" shall mean those private not-for-profit schools approved by the commissioner of education pursuant to Article eighty-nine of the education law as set forth in this chapter.

31. The term "ambulatory care training facility" shall mean a facility at the health sciences center at state university of New York at Stony Brook which is to be used for the provision of on-site ambulatory care services and the instruction and training of medical students, resident physicians and fellows and other health sciences students in attendance at the health sciences center. Such facility shall not be considered for any purpose to be a state university educational facility within the meaning of this chapter; nor shall any bonds issued in connection with such facility be considered for any purpose to have been issued in connection with a state university educational facility.

32. The term "public library" shall mean those libraries set forth in § 5 of the chapter of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three which added this subdivision, as defined as a public library or as an association library pursuant to § 253 of the education law.

33. The term "equipment loan" shall mean a loan made by the authority to any private entity for the benefit of which the dormitory authority is authorized to issue bonds or other obligations of the dormitory authority.

34. The term "private entity" shall mean any corporation formed other than for profit, including any institution of higher education.

35. "Eligible school construction project" means a project for the design, planning, construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of a public school building used primarily for instruction that is an accessibility project, an educational technology project, a health and safety project, and/or a physical capacity expansion project, that has been approved by the voters of the school district, or approved by the trustees or board of education for school districts where voter approval is not required, or, a construction emergency project. Each of the types of projects included within this definition shall have the same meaning ascribed thereto pursuant to subdivision ten of § 3641 of the education law.

* 36. The term "child care facilities development project" shall mean any project that provides for rehabilitation or construction to establish, expand, or develop a licensed child care center or a registered school-age program which is intended to serve the needs of low-income working families or an area with demonstrated child care need or to provide care for children through the age of twelve years and enrolled in school following the completion of the school day or the school year. Such projects shall be used as licensed or registered forms of child care for a period of at least ten years with an average of twenty-five percent of its available child care slots set aside for families eligible for low-income child care subsidies or for referrals of low-income or public assistance families from local social services districts.

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* 36. "Eligible capital facility program project" shall mean a project for the design, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or improvement of research and development facilities, including equipment, or for the reconstruction, rehabilitation, or improvement of existing laboratory facilities, as specified in subdivision four of section two hundred nine-p of Article 10-B of the executive law.

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38. "Eligible biomedical facilities program project" shall mean a project for the design, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or improvement of biomedical facilities, including the reconstruction and expansion by the state university construction fund of an academic incubator facility for use as a pharmaceutical technology/manufacturing building under § 372-a of the education law.

39. "Eligible courthouse improvements" shall mean a project for the design, acquisition, construction, rehabilitation or improvement of courthouse facilities as set forth in an agreement between the authority and the director of the budget providing for the financing of such improvements.

40. The term "school district" shall mean a common school district, a consolidated school district, a union free school district, a central school district, a central high school district, or a city school district in a city having a population of less than one hundred twenty thousand inhabitants or a city acting on behalf of a city school district in a city having a population in excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand but less than one million inhabitants according to the latest federal census. Provided, however, that for the purposes of subparagraph four of paragraph e of subdivision six of § 3602 of the education law, such term shall not include special act school districts listed in chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, as amended. Provided, further, that for the purposes of section sixteen hundred eighty-nine-i of this title, such term shall also include a city acting on behalf of a city school district in a city having a population in excess of one million inhabitants according to the latest federal census.

41. The term "school board" shall mean the board of education, trustee or board of trustees of a school district, or, for purposes of any lease, sublease or other agreement entered into pursuant to subdivisions thirty-eight and thirty-nine of section sixteen hundred eighty of this article, a city acting on behalf of a city school district in a city having a population in excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants but less than one million inhabitants according to the latest federal census.

42. The term "school district capital facilities" shall mean any school district project for the construction, reconstruction or acquisition of a school facility for which a cost allowance or incidental cost allowance would be available pursuant to subdivision six of § 3602 of the education law, a laboratory, library, classroom, lecture hall, or other building or structure essential, necessary or useful in an educational program of any school district, including all necessary and attendant and related facilities and equipment.

43. The term "school district capital equipment" shall mean any type of capital equipment essential, necessary or useful in an educational program of any school district and telecommunication systems, computer systems, local area networks or wide-area networks, including the original purchase and installation of computer hardware, conduit, wiring, in-building elements of networks and equipment for powering of hardware installation in buildings.

44. The term "residential institution for children" shall mean any not-for-profit corporation that operates a residential facility for thirteen or more foster children and/or children placed by the committee on special education of a school district for which the office of children and family services establishes a payment rate pursuant to the social services law or the education law.

45. "EXCEL project" shall mean capital projects eligible for an expanding our children's education and learning (EXCEL) grant aid apportionment pursuant to subdivision fourteen of § 3641 of the education law.